Concetti Chiave
- The Victorian Age marks the period of Queen Victoria's reign from 1837 to 1901, a time of significant reforms.
- Key reforms included the series of reform bills expanding voting rights, culminating in the 1884 bill granting suffrage to all male workers.
- Social reforms such as the Mines Act of 1862 and the Emancipation of religious sects in 1871 aimed to improve labor conditions and religious freedoms.
- The Trade Union Act of 1875 played a crucial role in legalizing worker unions, empowering collective bargaining.
- The Victorian Compromise reflected a duality in social progress; while efforts were made to aid the poor, many issues were superficially addressed.
Inizio dell'età vittoriana
The Victorian Age is the period started when Queen Victoria came to the throne (1837-1901).
It was a period of reforms[b/]:
First reform bill (1832) : it satisfied the middle class in part.
Infact workers organized a movement called "Chartist". With People's Charter (1838) they asked for the extension of the right to vote to the all working class.
Second reform bill (1867) : gave to town workers the right to vote (excluding miners and agricultural workers).
Third reform bill (1884) : the suffrage was extended to all male workers.
Other reforms:
The "Mines Act" (1862) forbidding the employment of women and children in mines.
The "Emancipation of religious sects" (1871) which allowed Catholics to hold government jobs and to enter the universities of Oxford and Cambridge.
The "Trade Union Act" (1875), which legalized the unions of workers.
Then there are the "Education Act" and "Ten hours working Act".
Contraddizioni dell'età vittoriana
The Victorians trying to cover the unpleasant aspects of progress under a veil of respectability and facile optimism, for example with charity or the institution of workhouses. Because of this, the Victorian Age is characterized to having a double face: on one hand, Victorians think to help poor classes, but on the other hand they didn't.
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